spiritual disciplines

The past Lenten season, which is when people normally think of fasting, I fasted from Facebook and from bad language – and I’m not talking grammar! 😉 My life as a social worker has had quite an impact on me, especially my mouth. I did not like the person I had become in more ways than one.

I wanted to become more God-focused and less me-focused.

Several years ago, I completed a 40 day fast. A call came out on email for Christians to fast in unity, and after great consideration, I felt compelled to join them. I had fasted before, but only for a day here and there, so I spend time preparing and learning about fasting. The purpose of that fast was to pray for our country and our leaders by name every day. Boy, did I learn a lot!

I also added some of my own purposes to the fast. I needed direction in my life. It was an incredible experience.

Yesterday, I began another fasting journey. I will be blogging about that journey here over the next few weeks. If you would like to join me, give me a HOLLA! I’d love to be a part of a band of believers fasting and praying together.